Soundtrack Of the City - Day
4 - Hurt's So Good!

We closed out Day 4 of
Music City
North’s Soundtrack of the City festival, where we
had begun it three days earlier, back at
The
Hideout. Just two bands for us to close out
another tremendous festival.

First on were
Jonesin’ & The Hurt who know that there are many
rules to be met when you are the opening act and they
followed them all. Delivering a set predominantly
drawn from their first album ‘Why Not’ with band
members Evan Chladny (Guitar/Vox), Ralph Clarke
(Guitar/Vox), Cameron Fraser (Bass) and Stanley White
(Drums) ensuring that they held our attention from
start to finish. Songs played included ‘Please Give
Me’ with its tremendous bass line riff and a vocal
intro on ‘Ballad’, which is a seriously good love
song. A wide variety of styles were on display, from
the sweet harmonies on lead vocals throughout, to a
rockier side later on and even a jam style session
ending to ‘Fluorescent Light’ and then a country feel
during ‘Academy’. The closer was ‘Concerta’ which was
probably the best song of the night in our opinion,
finishing as it did with a spacey lead jam that showed
exactly how much talent these boys have.

Syn Brit rating: 3/5

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The final act of our Soundtrack Of The City, Steven
David, a singer songwriter, who was accompanied on the
night by Nelson Sobral (Guitar), Jory Berger (Keys),
Marcus Walker (Bass) and Troy Larabie (Drums). Right
from the opener ‘I Love You Deeply’, which was played
as a solo piece on acoustic guitar, it was clear that
this is a special performer. It was evident by the
second sing ‘Two kinds of Love’ that everyone on stage
was having fun, all contributing a very catchy song,
which featured a great lead guitar break. The upbeat
‘She believes’ continued the catchy theme with the
style changing to country for ‘My Sweet Sunshine
Girl’, which had David sounding like Jackson Browne. A
ballad ‘Fall From Grace’ was next before a poignant
delivery of ‘Sing Country Music’, which was introduced
with a story about David’s father. The pace increased
with the very danceable ‘She’s the Kind Of Girl’,
which contained a tremendous harmony chorus and
another great lead guitar break. That just left ‘When
We Were’ which involved the whole band and featured
some great keys throughout and the closer, ‘Ticket To
Ride’, a Beatles cover with joint lead vocals, both of
which were beautifully delivered. Overall Steven David
is a very good singer songwriter, we recommend you go
and see him either solo or with his band. Just. See.
Him.